Agriculture

By Michael Marks, Texas StandardIt’s a clear, cool morning in West Texas, and about 50 people are watching a helicopter wind its way around the south side…

Last week President Trump released a 17-page outline of proposed changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement. And just this week Texas…

Around 76% of land in Texas is ranch and farm land and nearly all of it is family-owned. Over time, ranching has changed; nowadays, in most cases, it is…

MEXICO CITY---Every weekday, Antonio Godinez Vera turns imported American corn into feed for Mexican livestock. Some of that U.S. corn is also used to…

Texas agricultural producers say if the White House slaps a tariff on Mexican products, the state's farmers and ranchers — as well as Texas consumers —…

This story was originally broadcast on a special episode of the Texas Standard called "The Wall", an hour-long look at the prospect for an expanded border…

At Cathedral Mountain Vineyard in Alpine, volunteer grape-picker Susan Howard wants her title on the record. "Susan Howard, number one picker," she…

In the summer of 1966, farmworkers staged a historic march across Texas to protest low wages and poor working conditions. Fifty years later, some of them are telling their stories for the first time.

The Texas wine industry’s been growing in recent years – with new tasting rooms and vineyards popping up in the hill country and across the state. When…

Windmills are everywhere in West Texas, and on this edition of Rambling Boy Lonn Taylor takes at look at what exactly makes them significant out here and…